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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1799
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The devilFalse humilityPride
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1799
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Devil's Thoughts." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Complete Poems, edited by William Keach. Penguin Classics, 1997, I. 23.
Original citation
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Devil's Thoughts." Morning Post, 6 Sept. 1799, I. 23.

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